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To simply copy the human figure is no longer a
To simply copy the human figure is no longer a subject. My work as a sculptor aims at revealing what is no longer visible, what ultimately the human has forgotten of his own nature. Understanding the human being is the subject. I study what defines it, including its opposition to animal nature. What is human? Is there a clear border between human and animal? Between civilized and barbarian? Between man and woman? The figure of the ape is interesting because this is the alter ego of the human, sometimes mocking, sometimes tragic. It reveals and transfigures our own condition. The ‘Simianitus’, with its many variations, has allowed me to show the world through the intrusive or astonished eyes of another primate. It also unveils certain contradictions of the human character. My approach may appear also political, deeply rooted in the present, questioning the foundations or the future of our life together. The extruded Temple then provides some answers: we are one despite our divisions. Here the format of the work, shaped by extrusion, serves as the substance and makes a statement. My art indeed has a strong narrative frame and proves to be a support of reflection that is effective, though unexpected. The patterns present in my paintings or in my sculptures -‐ ape busts as emperors, simian helmets, split-‐doubled skeletons, political vanitas, pregnant man, distorted architectures or the bio-‐helmet -‐ propose each its own point of view, but also offer a multitude of meanings for the viewer who can also find dissimilarity or nonsense. I indeed like to change the meaning of a work through simple details, enabling it to derive for example: from the individual to the collective, from animal to ecology, from male to transgender, from ancient times to current politics. Therefore my works through both their techniques (deconstruction, blurring, internal/external vision of the subject) and their words are a sort of bold and unique exegesis of the world and of our own nature. Matthieu Faury was born in 1970 in Cherbourg. He lives and works in Paris and Avignon. Solo exhibitions 2016 . « Cimer mon ourma ! », performance ovine -‐ Dans un champ, Sauveterre 2015 · If the castles were a tale….-‐ Château de Tarascon -‐ Centre d’arts René d’Anjou 2013 · NEVER///AGAIN, Maison de Fogasses, Avignon 2012 · LIFE AT ALL COST -‐ Galerie LC, Paris · Metaphysics of helmets, Town hall and castle esplanade, Baux-‐de-‐Provence 2011 · To protect Art-‐ archeological site of Glanum, Saint-‐Rémy-‐de-‐Provence · Animals architects -‐ Hôtel de Sade, Saint-‐Rémy-‐de-‐Provence -‐ Festival AP’ART 2010 · Apollo’s Helmet -‐ Pont du Gard 2009 · Simianitus -‐ Galerie LC, Paris 2002 · Dualities -‐ Galerie Fugitive, Paris 1995 · J.Zogo Gallery, Le Plateau, Abidjan Group Exhibitions 2016 . ABBYAC -‐ Abbaye de Saint-‐André, Villeneuve-‐lès-‐Avignon . Superflux -‐ Viens voir, lieu de curiosité artistique, Tavel 2014 · Galerie Pascal Lainé, Ménerbes · Dialogues with Goya, Hôtel de Manville, Les Baux-‐de-‐Provence -‐ Festival AP’ART 2013 · Monumental confrontation, path of contemporary sculptures, Linz and Pascal Lainé galleries, Ménerbes · Tombés des nues, Chapelle du Grand Couvent, Cavaillon · 25 years of contemporary art, Galerie Pascal Lainé, Ménerbes 2012 · beasts, monsters and creatures, dialogue around the medieval and contemporary art -‐ Castle of Tarascon · Hyper*corps -‐Courtyard of the Municipal Archives, Avignon 2010 · Contemporary Vanitas-‐ Galerie LC, Paris 2008 · Art/Design -‐ Maatgallery, Paris 2007 · Maatgallery, Paris 2003 · About Congo, Noisy-‐le-‐Grand, Espace Michel Simon
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